they have 5 players who hit 10x harder than smithzz and ex6tenz so it's inevitable
csgo isn't as tactical as everyone makes out, astralis are only this dominant as all the other lineups have clear flaws

on each level you gotta meet a minimum standard of skill before talking about the tactical aspect. that was their mistake in thinking that they could out play teams with 3 players who basically almost always should be the 5th best fragger on the team. bodyy or ex6tenz individually could play on a top tier team in their respectable roles, but together they already make the team at best tier2. and smithzz is completely not viable in tier1-2
they had apex and nbk and they decided to go with smithzz and bodyy, they are kinda silly

agreed
I can only think of 1 team who's doing well at the moment with 2 bots in the team and that's NaVi. Not a chance in hell shox, kennyS and bodyy will match the fragging power of s1mple, electronic and flamie. Maybe 1/10 games... The fact shox and bodyy were willing to re-sign next years contract with smithzz and ex6 shows they are either deluded and deserve to lose, or know there is no other org stupid enough to sign them.